End-gate for wagons



(ModelJ M. P. ALLEN.

End Gate for Wagons.

rum-241,582. Patented May 17,1881.

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MATTHEW F. ALLEN, OF NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE.

END-GATE FOR WAGONS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 241,582, dated May 17, 1881.

Application filed March 30, 1881.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MATTHEW F. ALLEN, of

I Nashville, in the county of Davidson and State of Tennessee, have invented a new and Improved End Gate for Wagons, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to facilitate removing the end-gate of wagons for the pur-' pose of discharging the load without removing either of the body-rods.

The invention consists in an end-gate for wagons provided at onecnd witha sliding piece pressed outward by suitable springs, and provided with a hasp or handle by means of which it can be withdrawn from between two cleats of the side of the wagon, whereby the end-gate is shortened sufficiently to be withdrawn from between the sides of the wagon.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a front elevation of my improved end-gate for wagons, showing parts broken away. Fig. 2 is a cross-sectional elevation of the same and the wagon to which it is attached on the line sponding parts.

The ends of the wagon end-gate A lit in between the vertical cleats B B and G attached to the inner surfaces of the sides D of the wagon, as shown in Fig.2. One end of the gate A is formed of a slide, E, which fits in a recess formed by two plates, F, attached to opposite surfaces of the gate and projcctin g over the edge of the same. The outer edge of the gate A and the adjoining edge of theslide E are provided with recesses G, to receive spiral springs H, which force the slide from the edge of the gate in the direction of the length ofthe gate. Any other suitable springs may be used in place of the spiral springs H. A hasp or handle, J, is attached to the outer surface of the slide E, and passes through a groove in the inner surface of the outer plate, F, the loop or ring K of this hasp resting (Modeh) against the edge of the outer recessed plate F when the gate is locked.

The above-described gate can have the full height of the sides of the wagon-box, or may be of less height, as is shown in Fig. 1..

The operation is as follows: If the gate is to be opened, the hasp J is moved in the direction of the arrow at, whereby the slide E is withdrawn from between the cleats B and G, the springs H H being compressed, and the endgate can be swung outward in the direction of the arrow 1) a short distance, to permit of Withdrawing the other end from between the cleats B and G The gate is closed by the above movements in reverse order. The gate can thus be opened and closed very conveniently without removing the body-rod L.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent-- 1. An end-gate for wagons, made substantially as herein shown and described, with a slide moving in the direction of the length of the gate, and fitting in between cleats on the inner surface of the side of the wagon-box, as set forth.

2. The combination, with the wagon end-gate A, of the slide E at the end of the gate, the plates F F, and the hasp J, substantially as herein shown and described, and for the purpose set forth.

3. The combination, with the wagon end-gate A, of the slide E, the plates F F, the hasp J, and the springs H H, substantially as herein shown and described, and for the purpose set forth.

4. The combination, with the sides D D of a wagon-box, of the cleats B B 0 G the wagon endgate A, the slide E, the plates F F, the springs H H, and the hasp J, substantially as herein shown and described, and for the purpose set forth.

MATTHEW FRANKLIN ALLEN.

Witnesses:

W. R. HAMBY, W. H. FEATHERSTON. 

